Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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I Wonder
Same cattle controversy that has been playing itself out in the farm media has made it to the Gazette today. The people interested in <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/21/build/opinion/40-guest-op.inc" target="_new">safe beef</a> versus those who are more worried over <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/21/build/opinion/45-guest-op2.inc" target="_new">trade issues</a>. You all know where I come down on this so i won't elaborate but reading the…
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Ethanol Boondoggle
I know, any thing I say about ethanol is too late now but I found this <a href="http://www.headwatersnews.org/pgeddes042005.html" target="_new">piece</a> very interesting. It's a foregone conclusion that the Governor is going to sign this boondoggle so I don't know what good this piece has but it's just another example of the problems with this mandate the…
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Pictures of the Storm
Just some pictures I snapped this afternoon after the snow let up. It has started raining again now but not as hard.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/water04202005.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/water04202005.jpg','popup','width=1020,height=690,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Water standing</a>. We had the storm a little over a week ago that stood water too but it's been a long time to see such water standing so…
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They wouldn’t buy votes now, would they?
Politicians <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/20/build/state/71-votebuying.inc" target="_new">trade votes</a> for their own pet projects. [sarcasm]How horrible[/sarcasm]. What, do they really think we're so stupid to believe this doesn't happen every day in politics? Just the <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/886-Screwing-Us-Over.html" target="_new">other day</a> it happened for a dinosaur park or some such malarkey.<br />n<br />nWhat I find interesting is that the bill that…
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Storm
When it decides to get wet around here it doesn't play around. I don't know how much moisture we've had since last night but it was a lot. The electricity went out at 11:00 p.m. last night and finally came back on about a half-hour ago. It's supposed to keep snowing/raining through tomorrow so it…
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Accountability
We wouldn't want some pesky little thing like <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/04/18/build/state/25-schweitzer-vets.inc" target="_new">accountability</a> to plague our state government now would we? Naw, set standards and report how we've done. The <acronym title="<a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>">The Second Coming</acronym> wouldn't want anything like that. Why the agency in question might find out how good of job it's not doing.…
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Protecting What’s Important
Why does <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/19/build/local/85-dog.inc" target="_new">this women</a> want stricter cat rules? Are the kitty cats terrorizing her precious pooch she's holding maybe. <br />n<br />n<b>I'm afraid to look in the mirror. I'm afraid I'm going to see an old lady with white hair, just like the old ladies in the park. A little bundle in a…
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Flexibility
Some times you have to be a little flexible in your plans. I had planned on shipping some cows and bulls out to market tomorrow for the Wednesday market but it looks like some weather is on its way. We are under a winter storm watch and have a 100% chance of moisture tonight into…
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I Now Understand
<a href="http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/7536" target="_new">This</a> explains a whole lot about my childhood. It would have never occured to me that was the problem. My kids don't have that problem, they're all adorable.<br />n<br />n<b>I do not understand! I understand nothing! I cannot understand nor do I want to understand! I want to believe! To Believe! Jean-Paul Sartre</b>
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Screwing Us Over
As the Legislative session in Montana winds down I would like to thank Rep. Wayne Stahl for <a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050417/NEWS01/504170311/1002" target="_new">selling out and screwing over</a> the people of Montana. His price, $500,000. Hope you can sleep well at night, I wouldn't be able to.<br />n<br />n<b>Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are,…